If you grew up with this game, then my experience is gonna be really familiar to you, I think.
My friend and I pooled our allowances and split the cost on an OG Xbox from a local comic book shop in the early 00's. The first games that hooked us were Dead or Alive 3 and Halo: Combat Evolved.
Halo is pure fun to me. I think the level design is brilliant, granted a little repetitive in places. I can picture the Pillar of Autumn, Halo, Truth and Reconciliation, the Silent Cartographer WHAT?! bro, these all feel so ICONIC to me. (Do notice this is the first half of the game. There is a noticeable drop-off around the middle. And The Library is genuinely horrible) The amount of hours I spent perfecting my paths and strategies through these are incalculable. What new thing can I even say? Everyone knows the music is incredible, how intuitive the controls and gameplay are, the fantastic plot, and memorable characters. As good as all of that is, it's the couch co-op multiplayer that sealed the deal forever.
And that's what made the experience, right? The friends who came over to play. Every Friday, we'd all get together after school and play Slayer, magnums, no shields, for hours and hours. This game was the binding glue to my longest and dearest friendships.
There will never be a time where I don't feel immense love and gratitude for this game and its developers.
My friend and I pooled our allowances and split the cost on an OG Xbox from a local comic book shop in the early 00's. The first games that hooked us were Dead or Alive 3 and Halo: Combat Evolved.
Halo is pure fun to me. I think the level design is brilliant, granted a little repetitive in places. I can picture the Pillar of Autumn, Halo, Truth and Reconciliation, the Silent Cartographer WHAT?! bro, these all feel so ICONIC to me. (Do notice this is the first half of the game. There is a noticeable drop-off around the middle. And The Library is genuinely horrible) The amount of hours I spent perfecting my paths and strategies through these are incalculable. What new thing can I even say? Everyone knows the music is incredible, how intuitive the controls and gameplay are, the fantastic plot, and memorable characters. As good as all of that is, it's the couch co-op multiplayer that sealed the deal forever.
And that's what made the experience, right? The friends who came over to play. Every Friday, we'd all get together after school and play Slayer, magnums, no shields, for hours and hours. This game was the binding glue to my longest and dearest friendships.
There will never be a time where I don't feel immense love and gratitude for this game and its developers.